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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Neo4j vs. PostGIS vs. Sadas Engine vs. SQream DB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.29
Rank#95  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score44.47
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#379  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#228  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgneo4j.compostgis.netwww.sadasengine.comsqream.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designneo4j.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsNeo4j, Inc.SADAS s.r.l.SQream Technologies
Initial release20122007200520062017
Current release29.0.1, April 20245.18.1, March 20243.4.2, February 20248.02022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree trial version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, ScalaCC++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-free and schema-optionalyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingnoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsuser defined functionsnouser defined functions in Python
Triggersnoyes infovia event handleryesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedyes using Neo4j Fabricyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioninghorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyyes infobased on PostgreSQLnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)yes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidNeo4jPostGISSadas EngineSQream DB
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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